Pocket guard



G; B. -SPEAR. 'POCKET GUARD.

APPLIICATION FILED M1639, I920.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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GEORGE IB. srEAn; or PATERSON, NEW :rERsn'Y.

POCKET GUARD.

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"Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patented Aug; 29, 1922.

Application filed August 9, .1920. Serial No. 402,152.

Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Guards,

' of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to means to prevent an article, such as a pocket-book, book,

card-case or the like from working out of a pocket, the principal object being to provide a device of this character which can be manufactured and sold at a trifling cost and which will be reliable in operation and as inconspicuous as possible when in use.

Figure 1 is a view showing the improved device in use in connection with a vest pocket;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the retainer member of the device moved back on its pivot so as to permit the insertion in or removal of the article to be held from the.

pocket;

Figure 3 shows the device in front elevation, detached from the pocket;

Figure 4 shows the device in side elevation; and

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of the device.

Referring, first, to Figures 1 to 4, a support is provided including a wire frame and a pair of bearing eyes. The wire frame is generally U-shaped, that is, an endless piece of wire having'been first bent into the form of an elongated loop, is next bent crosswise, thus producing two U-shaped portions (i b which are more or less nearly in coincidence with each other so that the general form of the product of the bending is U-shaped.

In this form of the device the support is designed to grip the front wall of the pocket, and the two portions a b are intended to serve .as the coacting gripping members thereof, for which purpose they lie quite close to the same plane as the article is viewed in side elevation and preferably one or both is roughened or serrated, as at 0, to obtain a good grip on the cloth of the pocket. 1

When the bearings are formed as separate devices eyes d are used. These are small button-like elements which are placed and held gripped by the bends 6 formed in the original. endless loop in order to produce the two U-shaped portions a b. For a purpose to be explained they preferably have transverse grooves or notches, 7 formed therein.

may also mount other such bearing devices 1, also having the transverse grooves or notches 71 therein on that U-shapeddegor support whlch isdesignedtofbearranged at the inside of'the pocket, andin such caseiI "may or may not omit the pear.

ey as i ap- In the bearingsof the support, afforded sa by theeyes d'or g, theretainingmember or device is pivoted. This is also formed of a piece of wire 2' bent into U-shaped form and then bent to form a hook as seen in side elevation (Figure 4), its extremities 7' being bent off in opposite directions and alined with each. other. The end portions of this member, which are more or less elastic are capable of being sprung together and then inserted in the bearings, i. e., in either the eyes 03 or the eyes g. When the retaining member occupies the position shown in Figures 3 and 4 its end portions will engage in the grooves f so that an interlock is formed tending to keep the member in that position, although by the application of a little force, accomplished by the contraction of the two legs of the member, the interlock may be disestablished so that the member can be swung to the dotted position in Figure 4.

When in use, the support is applied to the front wall of the pocket as shown in Figures 1 and 2, straddling and gripping the same. Upon inserting an article such as a book 70 in the pocket the retaining member is swung inward and so as to hook over the book, then becoming locked to the support in that position. To remove the book, the retaining member is released and swung out (Figure 2).

far from the bottom. of the pocket the retaining member may be transferred from the bearings (Z to the bearings g. V

The support need not necessarily include two U-shaped legs. Thus in Figure 5, the support includes a plain piece of wire Z bent to U-shaped form and having its ends m bent around and so gripping the bearing eyes a, the form of which may be the same as the eyes d or g. The retaining member 0 Where the article does not eXtend'up very in this case is substantially the same as the I Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A pocket guard including, in combination, a one-piece support adapted to be secured to a Wall of the pocket and having opposite bearings, and a Wire retainer formed U-shaped and having its extremities journaled in said bearings, said retainer being bent to form an inverted hook adapted to hook over the articles to beretained in the pocket.

2. A pocket guard including, in combination, a one-piece support adapted to be secured to a Wall of the pocket and having opposite bearings, and an elastic Wire retainer formed U-shaped and having its extreniities bent off in opposite directions and alined With each. other and removably journaled in said bearings, said retainer being bent to form an inverted hook adapted to hook over the articles to be retained in the pocket.

3. A pocket guard including, in combination, a one-piece U-shaped Wire support adapted to be secured to a Wall of the pocket and having opposite bearings in the legs thereof, and a Wire retainer formed U- shaped and having its extremities journaled in said bearings, said retainer being bent to form an inverted hook adapted to hook over the articles to be retained in the pocket. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE B. SPEAR. 

